Institution · medical facility
Linas Cholim
Linas Cholim
Building providing dental and therapy services.
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... Health and Sanitation — the Judenrat established a
hospital for acutely ill adults and a second facility to
accommodate sick children. A third hospital took care
of contagious patients. This department was also
responsible for sanitation and hygiene throughout the
ghetto. The Linas Hatzedek building housed a unit for
treating ambulatory patients, staffed by a large number
of doctors. Dental and therapy services were provided
in the Linas Cholim building. In addition, an obstetrical
section was created, which, surprisingly, was used a
great deal. Each factory had its own doctors and nurses
who administered treatment on the spot. The Sanitation
Department operated a number of public baths. The
Nazis, who crammed the large Jewish population into
pigsty conditions, paradoxically required absolute
cleanliness, so as not to infect the Aryan German race.
In this Bialystok distinguished itself. For example, there
was not one case of typhus reported. Any infectious dis-
ease that did occur, probably originating outside the
ghetto, was promptly isolated, entire streets in the
ghetto quarantined until the contagion was eradicated. ...Connected nodes